Cruel Sister / The Bonny Swans There lived a lady by the North Sea shore Lay the bent to the bonnie broom Two daughters were the babes she bore Fa la la la la la la la la One grew as fair as in the sun / Lay the bent ... So cold, dark, grew the elder one / Fa la la ... A knight came riding to the ladies' door / Lay the bent .. He travelled far to be their wooer / Fa la la ... He courted one with gloves and rings / Lay the bent ... But the other he loved above all things / Fa la la ... "Oh, sister, sister won't you walk with me / Lay the bent ... To see the ships sail o'er sea / Fa la la ... And as they walked the windy shore / Lay the bent ... The dark girl pushed her sister o'er / Fa la la ... ____________________________________ Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam Hee hee ho and me bonny o Until she came to a miller's dam The swans swim so bonny o

The miller's daughter, dressed in red Hee hee ho and me bonny o She went for some water to make some bread The swans swim so bonny o He made harp pins of her fingers fair Hee hee ho and me bonny o He made harp strings of her golden hair The swans swim so bonny o He made a harp of her breast bone Hee hee ho and me bonny o And straight it began to play alone The swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my father the King Hee hee ho and me bonny o And yonder sits my mother the Queen The swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my brother Hugh Hee hee ho and me bonny o And by him William, sweet and true The swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my false sister, Anne Hee hee ho and me bonny o Who drowned me for the sake of a man The swans swim so bonny o